Arbutus arizonica, commonly known as Arizona madrone, is a tree species in the heath family that is native to the southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico. Its range extends along the Sierra Madre Occidental cordillera from the Madrean Sky Islands of southeastern Arizona and southwestern New Mexico south as far as Jalisco. It has been found in Sonora, Chihuahua, Durango, and Sinaloa, with one isolated population in Tamaulipas. Arbutus arizonica is a tree that grows up to , and has pinkish-brown bark. The fruit is an orange-red berry. The fruits are edible by humans and used by some indigenous peoples. References External links Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center, University of Texas photo of herbarium specimen at Missouri Botanical Garden, collected in Arizona in 1881 arizonica Flora of Arizona Flora of New Mexico Flora of Northwestern Mexico Flora of the Sonoran Deserts Trees of Mexico Trees of the Southwestern United States ~ Flora of the Sierra Madre Occidental Plants described in 1886 Least concern flora of North America Least concern flora of the United States